Malaya Tribune, 13 August 1947

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    53 1 The Malaya Tribune thE PEOPLE FOfl THE PEOPLE MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Now printed simultaneously in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) (join pac* SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents: Messrs. Colin Turner L'd., Talbot House. 98, Bt. Martin's Lane W.C.2. WEDNESDAY.
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    Indian As Chief Justice
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    German Coal Talks
    30 1 WASH! i -T f^ Ruhr t '"J tued v Washington >, .i j .it D oi Briitssistant harp, Ujj setvi'-a "in entire i sting c to over 300.000
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    Complete Failure
    25 1 A.P. 12.—Cam- ro- future United I fie Baikal vaa i 8.. X Uch n ir the vi i the So- d States was
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    Kung In Frisco
    29 1 U.P. 12. Minister f" h by plane j to New F I'tns to join his I r in a t'. a .vatting Kung denied tmancial U.P
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    Chief Delegate
    17 1 Reuter. ,5. |m to Mo*»- tottun delegation EL. Nations General September, it was Q. —Renter.
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    Jap Peace: War Clear
    32 1 U.P. FV too f." Arriving i E\> r!;u Minister Herbert hti fop "V s at present 'a. v nt with I n m stabilise the ,rity m th
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    TRICOLOUH TO FLY IN ARGENTINA
    24 1 fW,! JJJJ®- Jttf. 12.-The rJj o till fly for :ind prc>en t! 1 Mo« i > r Mr- n Inde-
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    BRITISH GOVT SECURITIES SLUMP TO LOWEST LEVELS
    350 1 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 12.—British Government securities dropped en the London Stock Exchange today to the lowest levels since the Labour Government took office, accompanied by widespread declines'in British industrial shares and. by contract, further strength in South African gold-mining shares. The latter was
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    Too Much Leisure
    64 1 Reuter. WELLINGTON. Aug. 12.—Miss Jean Begg, Director General of the Young Women's Christian Association Welfare Services in the Far East, said at a meeting today that occupation duty in Japan was bad for the morale of New Zealand men. "Our troops merely police the country and they
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    Bridge Collapses
    34 1 U.P. M;!an, Aug. 12.—The 14th. Century "eld bridge" of Pavia fell into the l'teino R:vcr today when its hundred granite columns gave way to age and war damage. No one was injured.—U.P.
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    Hitler Planned Palatial Tomb
    101 1 FRANKFURT. Aug". 12.-Hitlot's plans for his own tomb Is the centre of Munich —*o hip it. would be visible from the peaks of tho German alps 50 miles away—Were disclosed today :it the Nuremberg trim of S.S. General Uawald P"hl, the German news agency in Ihe
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    Sack For 1,700,000
    27 1 Reuter. PARIS. Aug. 12.—The Frencn National Assembly today approved bill to reduce the National Civil Service by 300.000. Ihe service now ters shOUt J.UW.OOO-Reuter.
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    CALL FOR SACRIFICES
    52 1 Reuter. SAIGON. Aug. 13. —Dr. Ho Chi Minh. President ol th, Vietnam Repu: !ic. called on the Vieuiamrse people "for the utmost Sacrifices t*> speed up national freedom" as the French High Commssioner, M. Emile Boliaert, returned today from Hanoi »>n his way to Pans for fresn
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    Tales of horror start killings
    139 1 Reuter. LAHORE, Aug. 12.—The deathroll in reneweri communal rioting in Punjab had by tonight mounted to 150 in 24 hours. Punjab is one of provinces to be partitioned between Pakistan and India under the India Independence Act. The problem is c replicated by the strong
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    Knife Scene Cut
    56 1 Leeds, England. Aug. i 2. -j'ne tiusical comedy 'Gardenia Lady .p.-..3d tonight without She kn'fe-throwing scene. Leading man Lyn Cecily, kniffd by accident earlier, ph:ytd the remainder faultlessly, despite several stiches and a shot of penicillin put in his back at the doctor's office between the afternoon
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    Cinema Exhibitors Protest To Attlee
    232 1 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 12. I' Fuller, General Secretary of the Association representee Brita.n's 4500 cirema exhibitors, locay wrote to Prime Miris'er Clement Attlee and the other GODemment ministers corocncerred expressing in the most forcible terms their disapproval of the 75 per cert, tax imposed on
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    New Arab Raid
    54 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Aug. 12. One jew was killed and two OWW wourded, a Jewish source W Tel Aviv reported to r.igns m the third Arab attack on Jews in Palestine in the last three ''ays. The attack occurred on the border between all-Jewish Tel Aviv and the
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    No More Titles
    70 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Aup. 12.—Under the heading "No More T ths". the ProCollgrMd newspaper Hindustan Times .said today: "Since under the future constitution the Indian Sate will neither award titles to its citizens nop- recyipnise titles conferred on Indians by any foreign government, the Hindustan Times has
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    Mother Hands Over Baby For Baptism, Faints
    92 1 A LOR STAR, Aug. 11. An unusual stir was caused in the Methodist Church. Alor Star, yea- j terday evening when a young Indian mother while offering her baby to the pastur to perform the baptismal ceremony, suddenly fell to th i floor
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    44 Accepted Out of 1,500
    105 1 Tr'bune Staff Reporter) As a result of the rejection of two applications for the registration of two Trade Marks, which were said to be almost similar by Mr. A. H. Harrison, the Registrar of Trade Marks, two parties concerned will have to thrash the matter
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    Autopsy Ordered On Princess
    63 1 Berlin. Aug. 12.—According to Ditector O. R. Carlucci of the vrmy Criminal Investigation Division, the Sovie* military government has indicated that it Will order an autopsy to determine whttncj the death of Pr'ncrss Hermine was the result of foul playHermine's daughter. Princess Carmo was in Frankfurt
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    Japan Share-Out
    63 1 Reuter. TOKYO. Aug. 12.—Britain drew the largest tonnage—lo.B3s—when the last 32 Japanese warships were div ded today among Britain, the United Stn'vfi. Russia and China, each receiving e ght ships. China drew 10.745 tons, and Russia and tho United States each drew 10.625 tons. The sh ps were
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    PRISON CAMPS ABOLISHED
    50 1 U.P. ATT, ANT A, August 12. Georgia's state highway prison camps were abolished today m a*i order disclosirg a new investigation into July 11 nos a* Glynn County camp, where e-ght Negroes were killed by rrison guards. A murder warrant has been sworn against the guards.- U.P.
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    COMMONS FINDS EDITOR GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
    231 1 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 12. The House of Commons today endorsed a Government motion fitdkm Guy Schcneld. editor of the London Evenirg News. a na Star lev Dobson, the paper's po--1 tical correspondent, guilty of contempt of the House for refusing to disclose to the
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    Dutch Oppose UNO Seat For Indonesia
    331 1 Reuter and UP. LAKE SUCCESS, New York. Aug. 12.- Dr. Van Kleffens, the Dutch delegate, strongly opposed admitting Indonesia to the discussions when the United Nations Security Council discussed the Indonesian question here today. Opposition was made oh the ground that Indonesia was not
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    4,400 And 5
    56 1 Reuter. PARIS. Aug. 12. The 4.400 Jewish refugees aboard the three ships lying off the French Mediterranean coast will leave Tort De Bouc. near Marseilles, in a few days for Momoassa. Kenya, wellinformed sources reported in Paris today. Early today a fifth birth took place on board
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    Big Chief Jinnah
    40 1 Reuter. KARACHI. Aug. 12. Resolution that after August 15 Mohammed Ali .Tinnah be addressed as "Quaid-E-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan," was carried by the Pakistan Constituent Assembly today. 'Quaid E Azam" means "great leader". Reuter.
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    Police Fire At Robbers
    43 1 A police party which rushed to a house at St. Michael's Road after midnight last night fired three shots at escaping robbers but tailed to score any hits. The robbers got away with about 400 in cash and jewellery.
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    Chia Yin Lock Returns to Wrestle
    124 2 (Tribune StajJ RepCrter) Catch-as-eatch-can and all-in wrestler Chia Yin Lock who now weighs 200 lb. returned to Singapore yesterday by the Bangara from Bangkok. He s booked by promoter Ong Chin Beng for the Happy World programmes, and Will make his first appearance in
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    BAILEY OUTPOINTS HUDSON IN 12-RD BOUT
    59 2 U.P. SYDNEY, AUC. "pV Han welter-weight Ken Bade .kci-ively outpointed Eddy Hv son of Detroit m a l--rou c boot in which the Aincnca tighter was not crcd.tcd with a single round by the judges Sydney* -hep cat.-' *tendeo the match en masse to
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    MORE IMMIGRANTS THAN EMIGRANTS TO MALAYA
    347 2 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. H People are now coming into Malaya quicker than they are leaving, said Mr. B. S. Dav!s. Omcer-in-Charge of the Immigration Department. Although giving no reason for this sudden influx ot immigrants, he revealed that a good majority represented people who
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    Railway Men Agree To 2 Of 3 Demands
    235 2 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. 12 The Government have agreed to two of the three demands made by the Sentul Branch of the All Malayan Railways Workers Trade Union a spokesman oi the Union told IBs Tribune He added that
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    DEATHS
    60 2 DLA11I TAN v. Km Neo n J Cnayt age peacefully a < h a 50. Niven Ro; irstant. i«,vir s soil Ti-o Yeck So< 2 adopted dau2h*V law, 2 cic~tcr >evcrai grai. her loss. F 17th in Whi'K DEATH. w T of irrigat; and T. D re«ret to tions
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    MOVE TO BOYCOTT S'PORE ELECTIONS
    227 3 MO VE TO BOYCOTT S'PORE ELECTIONS (Tribune Stall Keporter) rganize a "complete boycott of Singapore elections" by urging their thisers not to register as voters, .1 all hose who have registered not at a conference of the Putera and C LUicil < I" Joint Action held this vveek *f the
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    Plane Waited 2 Days For Him In Singapore
    69 3 'Tribune Staff Reporter) A specially cnarteren pi nc lni/ unused at Singapore Kullang air port for two dags. Then yesterday afternoon, a ROAC flying boat arrived. Out ol it stepped world-fa,noi's oil-fire-fighter. Mr. Patton. In i:> minutes, Mr. Patton was airborne again
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    10 Hours—And Our First I Prefab House Is Now Ready
    117 3 10 Hours —And Our First I Prefab House Is Now Ready I ssjaport t ::r>t 'p.-c-tabricated t tig boill yesterday in un a&d f you want to set- Paj i ftdrt men v ere on the i- j lirst erpefienei tyj si h'i.ldU!" sits jhc *ir-n oja structure maicted at
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    $10,000 Cheating At Bank Alleged
    19 3 t ill thgtu Vi'U- "i!"„!i *to.wo ';;"'■'<• '"""•/•»7 fo 14,000 m rr '"i<i.... v i.->o<».
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    INDEPENDENCE DAY
    9 3 1,. t]li> 'ai«i on 4i H,a" <*«3
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    BORs Handcuff Guard, Escape With $1,700
    198 3 From Our Own Rep* rter) Ma cca, Aug. 12.- The follow ing information on the two Army escapees has been issued by the local poiice authorities: Between 7.45 and 8.15 en Sunday morning Gunners Thompson ami Page were taken out of the "guard room
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    Robbers Shoot Towkay's P.A.
    233 3 (From Our Ov.ii Corresponded i TAPAH, Aug. 12— Alter several hearings the inymry m o •lie death ol Lee Kirn Fuo w: concluded; the coroner. H ct;e Abdul Wahal>. returned a ye> c et ot murder ngamst iqi» Chinese armed robbers. iDche AhuuMph bin danafti, OCPD
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    Motor Boat Confiscation Set Aside
    168 3 Appealing in the Court ot Appeal yesterday against an order Ol forfeiture of the Marine Police Court in respect ol a meter boat. I Mr. C. J. Ess submitted that be- i lore making thai order the MagIstrate should 'nave heart: the owner as to
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    Local Boycott Hits 2 Dutch Ships
    90 3 (fribune Staff Reporter) A boycott of Dutch vessels, called by about 8.000 Asian workers at "the Singapore Harbour Board, affected loading and unloading activities on only ;w Dutch vessels in Port yesterday afternoon. The boycott, decided upon OS he Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union,
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    A.S.A. MEETING
    29 3 A Committee Meeting of th«: Amateur Sporting Association will Oc held on Sunday at. 1 p.m. at the residence Mr. Chew Keow Bock No--17 Blair Road, Singapore.
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    A DUCK IS CONFISCATED
    178 3 (Tribune Stuff Reporter) Still anxious about the fate of a duck which had been in Police custody for a few days, the Prosecution olliccr in the Juvenile Court started this dialogue yesterday: "How about the duck. Sir?" •Well, whose duck is that?" atked the Magistrate. •'Could
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    Bureaucratic Efficiency
    598 4 Economically and politically we live in a period of protracted crisis and rapid change. In Malaya one thing remains impervious to external pressures—we refer to the routine—we might almost say, the r tual —of bureaucratic administration. The two P's —Precedent and Procedure—remain unchallenged in their supremacy over all
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    MALAYANS to TALK ABOUT
    917 4 MR. R. P. S. RAJASOORIA. the well-known Kuala Lumpur Barrister is leaving shortly for Ceylon on a short holiday with his family after a stay in Malaya of fourteen years. He comes from a very well-known Ceyloncse family and is the eldest son of MR. S.
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    Letters To The Editor The Peoples Postbag A Lady Replies To Unionist
    301 4 PRO-LONEEAGLE. Sir,—l have read with interest the reply of the "Unionist" to an article by "Lone Eagle" in your paper. Please allow me l little space to support the "Lone Eagle." It appeared to be that the "Unionist
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    India's Day
    204 4 MENON P.K. Sir, The celebration of August 15 by the Indian community here could, in my humble opinion, be made a obstructive contribution to our cause by trying to create as much goodwill possible, not only amongst the various Indian communities, but also with other nationalities and especially
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    Reply To P.S.
    278 4 M.T.L. (Soematran). Sir.—l should be obliged if you would print thi s article in reply to P.S.s letter. Regarding P.S.s argument "the Indonesians owe an everlasting debt to Holland," I should like to point out that he is too much "one-sided."' He says the Indonesians have had
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    Swindling School Children
    155 4 LAT. Sir,—Children attending the various schools tn Queen Street, especially the Convent Schools are being enticed daily to gam ble by a group of unscrupulous persons to the disadvantage of the children. For each trial of luck a child pays five cents. The child pulls out two
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    Strange as it Seems
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    Million-men army is U.S. plan for UNO
    272 4 Lake Success (Air Mail) How many men. guns, ships and aeroplanes must be held "immediately available" by members o: the United in order to enable the United Nations to "take urgent military measures... to maintain or restore international peace and Security" in the
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    Join the Well-Paid Ranks of the I.C.S. TRAINED MEN
    172 5 I v...- HM>« •l n* j j ppuitynlrtw ire maj* uf1Q have had train*! One thing no worthr.". iintnMMd gfettf i :Ce J? rervwhCK have ASib" ous m jJ 0U *gh I.C.S. juCCfe cerf v s so also 00$ mm thn
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    Aged 15, Alleged Gang Robber
    95 5 Seven Chinese, the younges; aged 15. were yesterday at the i Fourth Police Court ordered to be remanded in police custody until todJ.y. after a charge of j assembling at a lane off Tamp- j en:s Road, on Aug. 11 for the purpose of committing
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    WITHOUT ACCIDENT
    21 5 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 11.—Royal A.r Force passengers and troop carrying aircraft flev. 7.700,000 miles in June without accident. —Reut*r.
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    Police Arrest 13 Men, Seize 5 Revolvers
    288 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Thirteen Chinese were arrested, and a total of five revolvers and a handgienade were recovered by Singapore's police force in a series ol strikes against members of the underworld from Monday night. Many of the arrested men are suspected of
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    $8,497 JUDGMENT AGAINST K.L. CINEMA MAGNATE
    462 5 'From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. Judgment in favour ol the plaintiff for the sum of $8,497.50 and costs, was given by the Chief Justice Malayan Union, Sir H. C. Willan, at the High Court, in a civil suit In which the
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    FORMER SERVICEMEN CHARGED
    127 5 Reginald Nicol, a 31-year-old i Anglo-Burmese ex-Serviceman, was yesterday in the Second Police Court charged with at tempting to cheat, on Aug. 11. i the Field Cashier of the Com- j many Pay Office. Singapore, of $240. by producing to the Field Cashier his pay book for
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    Untitled
    37 5 U.P. MANILA, Aug. 12. —Residents here today were taking stock of the damage caused in one of Manila's worst flood in history. Fifteen inches of rain fell, most of it on Sunday night, highest since 1887. -U.P.
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    Magistrate Did Not Believe Boy
    147 5 In the Juvenile Court y sterday. a boj accused said ne admitted a mmlttlng an offence to ihe Police b< cause he was beaten by detective. He was charged with thefl ol a motor ear bat tery belonging to wfl. Vehicle Assembly Unit It was
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    Russian, Refused Visa Renewal, Leaves On Friday
    332 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Soviet Union Trade Agent in Singapore, Mr. Nicolao Plakhin, who was refused a renewal of his visa last month, has mace provisional arrangements to leave Singapore for Calcutta by air on Friday. Th? acting Colonial Sccretaiy Mr. Bryson yesterday
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    Wife wouldn't go back to husband—divorced
    166 5 Wife wouldn't go back to husband divorced '1 cannot give any reason why she had refused to come back", stated a young Eurasian clerk. Cyril Nelson Jansen, at the Singapore High Court yesterday, when he applied for a dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Mavis Theresa Jansen, on the
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    Becomes Major
    41 5 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Aug 12 t\a Old Methocist Boys' Schcol tudcrt who Is an officer in the Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, has bee i promoted to the rank of Ma]o« with offect from June 25
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    Had Revolver-4 Years' R.I.
    127 5 Remarking that until all the bad elements are being cleaned up this country cannot return to normal, Mr. Justice Brown ai the Assize Court yesterday sentenced a young Chinese, Ng Ah Keat, to four years' rigorous imprisonment on charges of unlawful possession of arms and ammunition.
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    POLICE BATTLE SNAKES TO REACH ARMS CACHE
    256 5 (Tribune Staff Reverter) KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.--The biggest cache of firearms, mortar bombs, ammunition and shells ever recovered in Malaya since the reoccupation was today discovered in a 200-yard snakeinfested tunnel in the Batu Caves, eight miles outside the Union capital, by the police.
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    Blind Malayan Boy found romance, weds next week
    669 6 (Tribune Stalf Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday.—At the early of 10, an ex-Kuala Lumpur Mission schoolboy lost his sight. He is Ma Kho, now Malaya's leading braille teacher who will be married on Saturday, Aug. 23. when he will lead to the altar
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    "I Was Like A Lunatic": Throat Cut
    204 6 A. Karapaya, a 39-year-i.ld Indian, who, according to the prosecution, attempted to commit suicide because he was unhappy as he had failed to get a passage back to India, was yesterday remanded h: police custody until Aug. 20, by the Fourth Magistrate. Mr.
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    Chinese Art, Culture Can Teach Britishers A Lot
    394 6 (Tribune Stair Reporter) An insight into the British Council's extensive educational campaign in China where some of England's most learned professors are aiming to make British work better known in Chinese cultural and academy spheres was given by Mrs. P. M. Roxby,
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    One Cent Drop In Rubber
    125 6 <T;ibune Market Corrj Rubber fell by about a cent last night with No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. closing buyers at 28i cents PC" lb. against 29g cents on Monday, and sellers at 28? cents. The market opened 'ower yesterday moij ing at 28i cents, and .-mall
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    YESTERDAY'S PRICES
    62 6 Tiie S.C.C.R.A.'s rubber prices at noon yesterday were: < Buyers. Sellers. cts. cts. per lb. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. spot, loose 27| 28J No. 1. R.S.S. fob. in bales Aug. 28 1 28.? No. 2 R.S.S. fob. in bales Aug 28', 28 i No. 3 R.S.S. fob.
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    Good Husband's Hotel Death Leap
    292 6 A rinding of suicide was returned yesterday by the Coroner, Mr. K. K. Oon, at the inquiry on Low Lai Hoon (34), a cloth merchant, who fell from the roofgarden of the Southern Hotel on the afternoon of Aug. 5. Mok Scow Lin, Low's widow,
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    320 Ricksha Pullers Leave
    98 6 'Tribune Staff Reporter > The Singapore Labour Department has completed the repatriation of J2O Chinese, ex-rickshaw pullers plying in the city. Following the decision of the Singapore Municipality to abolish rickxh&ws, many aged pullers viere suddenly thrown mi t nf n hit-rntirf WTOfi Pftfotl What hit
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    SLIGHTLY BETTER INQUIRY FOR TIN SHARES
    112 6 SHARE MARKET Tribune Financial Corr.i A feature !n the local snaremarkel ly better inquiry for tin shares. Putehs came into the picture with keen demand and quotations were marked up at $1.20—51.30. Kcsang Tins were better $1.T7i51.82i and other price changes also showed mprovemcnt.
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    Murder Charge Against Sepoy
    88 6 An application o be tried :n India was made yesterday In the Fourth Magistrate's Court U 20-year-old Sliushi Moha...ad. v Punjabi soldier, accused of the rhurde r en July 4. Oi Sepor Appla Naiou, at the Sscerd Indian Veh c]e P.'rk. Ulu Pacdan. If:, ii. w.
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    Jap Thieves Plead In Vain
    120 6 "We ask your lortSAk* lenient enough and £ZU the sentence cd back home witt ihe Sit surrender* rj pci m JP] about to leave TWO Japar ueraotmel, X j.nd OUUmri V.. dor six months' J nsomnent fcr Lhef 0 f c;ir spare parts, thi I
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    The Court's Pups Were Too Noisy
    70 6 Squeaks and howls from two Hire baskets containing hall cute, little pups created a stir in the Juvenile Court yester day until the judge ordered the exhibits to be removed irom the Court room. In connection i i v be y is king without
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    15 7 SOCCER RE ME. 699 Croup va Joyful Junior-. Prirce Edward Road. 5.15 p.m.
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    Keng Hock In SCFA Charity Tour
    113 7 The follow:ng is Ihe SCFA j team, selected last night, to meet tho Johore Chinese at Muar on Sundry in a charity soccer match in aid of the China Flood Relic? Fund: Chee Seng: Swee Hock and Chin Lye; Lcng Hoo. Yew Long, Lim
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    Wightman Cup Players Named
    116 7 U.P. NEW YORK. AU2. 11.—F-Ve players Margaret Osborr.e. LeuLse Brouah, P..tiieia Canli rus Tood. Doris Har: and Sh rley F:a- have been .mined to United Spates Wightman Cut> team which will deferd the b/itonc tenuis trophy against Bnglands's tram on Saturday at Poresi Hills. Hazel H.
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    Odd Game Win For Engineers' Dept
    130 7 -Baamjoton march p! :v t d a* the Rai..* s Institution Hail the kfuaic pal Eng ncers- Dept.. Branch of tSe Singapore Mai-.icipa! Services Union beat the RaQes Institution ay iaime.s to 3 and the results are us follow*:— (Players of the M.L mentioned
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    Asian Rangers
    67 7 Tim- players to represent the Asian a«raJosl ihe R.A.F. Pay a I bar 2 BRED I t XI today at McPherson Road will be selected from the fvlloveine*:—Ckv:-jt* Bateuvvt. Michael Gua. VeWa, Ali Mai:- ■•or. Puteh Rahman. It. Espenham, Ahmad Masit. Sharif! Maddon, 'Captain); M. H. Rashid, Ibrahim
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    Wee Eng Nets All Three Goals For Juniors
    530 7 Chinese Juniors 3 S.C.C.. 2. Wee Eng's three goals which included two headers ori skipper Kee Sia tig's fine centres, stuedthe day for the Chinese Juniors who took points irom the SCC. by three goals to two in the bA*A League at
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    Jollilads Soccer
    49 7 The following players are selected to represent the Jollilads at soccer against the Kranji Wireless Station n Sundav, at Kranji: Sit'nambraru, Mungtttu, Kayambu. Ghani, Puttcti. Mani. Sintha. Rasak, Salahudin. Muniyandi. Suppiah, KriBhnan, Thangavallu, Osman, HamidThe soccer fixture arranged with the British Transit Camp on Saturday is cancelled.
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    R.A.F. Base Hq. Win 2-1
    59 7 Bnsc Headquarters. RAF. defeated the jollilads at soccer yesterday oc the Padang by two to one. Walker, inside right, opened i.ccouuts soon after the start afid Short, centre-forward, adderl to the lead. The Jolliluds preyed in the second half and Suppiah, inside left, reduced the
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    SBA COMMITTEE
    23 7 A meeting of the Singapore Kadminton Association Commitee i will be held tomorrow at the Clerical Union Hall at 5.15 p.m.
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    Table Tennis Inter-Club Fixtures
    333 7 Follow 1 ng are the ties for the second half of August for the Singapore Tab!* Tennis Association Junior inter-club league 1947 champioi ~:.:ps. Ail game-; Will be played at the Great World hall, starting at 8 p.m., the first tie being played on Table 1.
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    CYMA (St. T) Won by Odd Game
    133 7 In a badmintfi: match, hatWffaj CYJVIA i.St, Ten-su» and CYMA tSr! JoSCph PortUgUCoC Mi36inn) uas played on Sunday 10<h Auk. 1947 at. tit Gan Eng Seng bchoo! Ball. Tivj CYMA (St. Teresa) owa by four games to three. St. Teresa mentioned first. SINGLES:
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    C.Y.C. Soccer
    62 7 The following *M represent the "Cheong Yong Chin" XI at soccer against the Fraser A Neave 2nd Al on Friday on the Mental Hospital ground. Yong Seng, Yong Chin, Ahinad Tamby, Koh Eng Chong, Marhani Tahir. Jaufar Puteh. Yousofl Puteh, Bah Chee, Omar Tahir, C. Noma, and Chua
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    JOYFUL JUNIORS
    74 7 Tiie following have bet-n chosen to play soccer today for the Joyful Juniors 2nd XI against R.E.M.E. C 99 Group. Civilian XI at Prince Edward Road Ground (kick-off 5.15 p.m.):—Tony Adalia, John Ghui, Goh Kok Pheng, Danapalam, Goh Ah Peng, Chew Tuck Sam, Tan Soon Chye, Tay Boon
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    AUSSIE TEST TOUR WILL NOT BE OFF
    89 7 Reuter.-AAP. MELBOURNE- Ad*. 12.—Runtoarr that the Australian tour or England was likely to anceHed oWm* to the Bnti so crisis are Unfounded. Th>' Chairman of the Auatra!;an Boaru of Control said tha* tne team will Itave by boat, hi March or. If they
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    Malaya Cup Veterans' Club
    85 7 Football veterans who played m the "Mala3 r a Cup" tions before the war are holdhik a general meeting on Saturday at 2 p.m. at GH. Cafe With the nurposc of fonnh g a Veterans Club. A set of Rules have bee i compiled by the
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    RNAS Win By 6 Wickets
    77 7 Playing tl .t Berah*wang the Indian Association "A" XI lost to R.N.A.S. Sembawaag D y o wickets. Battles flret the "indfans scored 118 runs. c. Se'-'e-viratne krocked uo a breezy 59 luns. Which included 6 four.: Kuala S ngham 23 and A. C. Shegaran 15
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    Colonials Cricket
    73 7 The following have been selected to represent the Colonials C.C. at cricket against the Johore C.C. on Sunday, at Johore Bahru, (Play commencing at 11 a.m.): W. Ratnayakc (Capt.), C. Colling, R. Delilkan, J. Delilkan. S. Nagaiah, R. A. Ratnam. Capt. R. Gloag, 8. j L. A. Pcrera,
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    Creech Jones Promises "Any Measure" To End Palestine Terrorism
    387 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. .12,—British authorities f a Palestine will not flinch from any measure calculated to destroy Jewish terrorism or to bring to Justice to those responsible lor "hideous crimes" committed in that country. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones declared today
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    Constitutional Lecturer Here
    106 8 Mr. E. J' nr. F.irris. p t actising barr.ster and law lecturer of Leeds U~ivers:ty, has arrived m Singapore to lecture to the /orces on legal and constitute nai topics. Mr. Parr la expects to lie j here about a mcnth after *hic!J he will visit Burma.
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    33 8 LONDON. August 12. The Ur ited S ate., is considerirg a rru!ti-b Ilio:i credit \:oo\ as an integral oar. cf th? Marsha!) rian to speed Eurcpe s r covery, 1 U:o'ted Press lesnr.s.
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    ICA Wants UN To Control World's Oil
    148 8 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 11. The International Co-operative Alliance asked the United Kalians Economic aad Social Com cil to place the control ol the world's oil resources under United Nations authority as B&ep owarc's avoid :ig conflicts over oil hetwee.] governmon "which ma..-
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    GLOUCESTER JUST MADE IT
    333 8 Reuter. London Aug. 12 —Tom Goddard, tak'n; six f or ne. greatly helped Gloucestershire to avert defeat and snatch at! eight-run Victory over Yorkshire it Brad Lrd today, to maintiln thcor narrow icad over Middlesex In the County cricket I agU( Middles! xw >n 3> ly
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    JEWELS RECOVERED
    40 8 Berlin, 11. American investigators announced late today that they have located 25 pieces of the German Emneror's crown jewels m investigating the death of eft-Kaiser Wilhelm's widow and the disappearance of some jewels from the hoard she had.
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    LIGHTHOUSE FROM BRITAIN FOR USE AT PULAU ANGSA
    523 8 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 11.—Britain's expert drive extends to lighthouse equipment—even to c3mplete lighthouses. Orders ere coming in from Finland to Yugoslavia and other par is of the world and the 'lighthouse factories"' are turning out equipment for export worth half a million
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    Do You Recognize Any Of These Men
    31 8 Ann DffnwiUi (W<\mUy >' is wPum* til-*rttttma*t al th> *nn<U oi tjUtUm r«l»l. P*WJ ('ill*. Juhurc llfthru fit I'I»'" nr 'V.'.Vii. I frf/- n pertrtn
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    Tail-Enders Foil South Africans
    306 8 MANCHESTER, Aug. 12,—The match between Lancashire and the South Africans ended at Old TrafTord, Manchester, today in a draw. Foi a brief period after lunch, when they dismissed four batsmen for 35 runs, South Africans looked like pulling ofi' a surprise win, but they took too
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    170 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Aug. ll.— Tt has beni officially arnouac.oa that, the Representative of in Goven ment of India In llalava has addressed a request U} His Sxcellencv the Governor, that August lb. the day en which the rew Dom'niors of the union icn of India
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    41 8 The next meeting of the East West Society will be held in the V.M.C.A. Hall Seaford R >ad, on Thursday at 8.30 p.m. Mr. T. H. Stone will address the Society and his subject w.ll be The Story f Of Rotary
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    Title Fight For Freddie Milk
    33 8 Reuter. LONDON L2.-*aawJ Btitfsh cru .> ,-ht hJS Will Illect »f Beig.um, for the vacant Eus cruise r-«eighi London, oi; Sept. 8. The Bfrht decided -> "full champii minute f'
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